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E-0071018event Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, is born.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071017event Prof. John William Bews, SA botanist and expert on different species of grass, is born on the Orkney Islands.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071016event Anglo-Boer War 1: The first shots in this war are fired in Potchefstroom. The war ended with the defeat of the British in the b9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071015event Andries Hendrik Potgieter (59), Voortrekker leader and founder of Potchefstroom, dies at Schoemansdal.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071014event In the Battle of Blood River, a Voortrekker commando of 470 men, under leadership of Andries Pretorius, is attacked at Ncome Ri9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071012event Gerhard (Spiekeries) Viviers (72), former popular radio and TV sport commentator and actor, dies of cancer.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071011event Storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape, especially Umtata, and unleash tornados, hailstorms, rain squalls and lightning which9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071010event The SA rugby team beats Wales 37-20 in Cardiff.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071009event The European Community signs an agreement establishing diplomatic ties with South Africa.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071008event South African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states of Transkei, Bophuthatswana,9 Dec 2011–
E-0071007event SA signs agreement with Namibia relating to the administration of the judicial system after the incorporation of Walvis Bay int9 Dec 2011–
E-0071006event More than 470 people drown when a ferry carrying mainly Egyptian pilgrims sinks in the Red Sea.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071005event It is revealed that the government of President de Klerk donated money to the Inkatha Freedom Party.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071004event Mercenary coup in Comoros gives up power after twenty-one days. The mercenary leader and ex-presidential bodyguard, Bob Denard,9 Dec 2011–
E-0071003event The desegregation of the central business district (CBD) of Carletonville is published, despite the Conservative Party (CP)cont9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071002event Beji Oliphant (25) is shot by police in Klerksdorp while allegedly attempting to escape.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071001event Ebrahim Ebrahim, ANC member, is abducted from Swaziland. He was tried and convicted in SA.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071000event Five people, under whom three children, are killed and five injured in a landmine explosion at Chatsworth, near Messina, Northe9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070999event Ruben Xulu, SA artist, dies in Marian Hill, Natal.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070998event An explosion occurs at the offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Market Street, Johannesburg, injuring seven people. It9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070997event Spain reopens the border with Gibraltar.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070996event The SADF discharges Mr Yeats, conscientious objector, ‘with ignominy’ after he has served thirty-five days of solitary confinem9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070995event The South African Institute of Race Relations reports that 433 people are known to be still in custody.9 Dec 2011–
E-0070994event The British Trade Union Congress (TUC) publishes a report on Black labour conditions. Among the major recommendations it advoca9 Dec 2011–
E-0070993event The General Assembly strongly disapproves SA policy of Apartheid and requests the Secretary-General to establish a United Natio9 Dec 2011–
E-0070992event Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed by the Transvaal section of the Supreme Court. He must serve his six year prison sentence.9 Dec 2011–
E-0070991event Anthony James (Tony) Leon, leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Durban. encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070990event Ernst Berthold Grosskopf (61), SA journalist and author, dies in Cape Town.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070989event Hendrik Goosen, captain of the fishing boat Nerine, catches a coelacanth near East London.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070988event General Jan Kemp, acting SA minister of defence, announces during the Voortrekkereeufees festivities that Robertshoogte in Pret9 Dec 2011✓

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